Oct. 15 — despite the fact that the website Brainy History lists almost 200 reasons why it should be, it’s just not a day of the year that just jumps out as one for the history books. However, for me and for lots of other folks, that’s no longer true.

And it won’t be for the obvious reasons. No unexpected event occurred and will now dominate headlines worldwide until the next unexpected event takes place. No celebrity scandal broke out to fan the flames of public outrage or curiosity. No new discovery was made to prompt debate and monopolize the talk show circuit.

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Despite the soaring stock market of the past few years, some Americans are nervous about their ability to retire comfortably — or even retire at all.

Consider these somewhat sobering statistics:

Almost half of American workers report being “not too confident” or “not at all confident” about being able to afford a comfortable retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey. The 28 percent who say they are “not at all” confident is the highest level recorded in the 23 years of this survey.

Q: My twin boys will be 3 years old next month. They sleep in the same room. They’ve recently taken to getting out of their beds (together, although one seems to be the ringleader) every night, over and over, for up to two hours. They make a lot of noise, then they giggle and run when I approach and feed off each other as they’re escaping. I’m not sure what to do. All I know is that what I’ve been doing isn’t working! Help!!!

People around the globe believe that we might not wake up on Saturday morning, or that if we do so, it will be to a world filled with all sorts of new horror. The Mayan apocalypse has been predicted pretty much since they unearthed the dreaded calendar that appears to end on Dec. 21 of this year.